subvert http://subvert.com thoughts from Heather Gold Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:24:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Don't Go To Law School: The Army of the Middle Class http://subvert.com/2009/06/10/dont-go-to-law-school-the-army-of-the-middle-class/ http://subvert.com/2009/06/10/dont-go-to-law-school-the-army-of-the-middle-class/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:24:12 +0000 Heather Gold http://subvert.com/2009/06/10/dont-go-to-law-school-the-army-of-the-middle-class/
Great post on The Stimulist about why you shouldn't go to law school: http://thestimulist.com/dont-go-to-law-school/

This would have been a comment there if I could have gotten past some tech issues with the site)

I have a law degree. It's the one thing I keep in my closet. There is really only one main good reason to go to law school and that's because you really really want to be a lawyer. Those people do exist. But the only way I think you'll know if you are one is to work with real lawyers first. it's very much a question of temperment. And that's something fancy schools generally don't teach you about. You can only find out, like you say, on your own. And law school is consuming. And it does reward fearful thinking. And the very process of being there can make it harder to know yourself if you're giving every waking minute to memorizing the 8 part Lemon Test. Law school is the army of the middle class. It's where people go who don't know where else to go. And it saddles us with a different kind of injury or disability than a war, without having served anyone or anything but our fears. "Aw but you must find that degree really useful?" I get asked all the time. Well, I did start stand-up in law school. And I'm making a show in which I teach all of law school in 70 minutes. http://subvert.com/lawproject The cartoon that got me through http://subvert.com/2001/12/13/pate-and-joan/ heather gold

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It was a thrill to meet Lt Dan who is a powerful speaker and person. He actually saluted me when we said goodbye, then apologized and explained that it was out of habit.
If you somehow don't already know, he is a West Point grad who's completed 2 tours of duty in Iraq. He's about to be discharged under Don't Asked Don't Tell even though he's an Arabic linguist. He's one of the few people in the military who could actually ask or tell people in Iraq anything.
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It was literally 100 degrees. That explains the hair. 

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Speaking after me was a Fordham law professor who was also legally married in California.

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]]> http://subvert.com/2009/05/26/heathers-5-reasons-for-optimism-following-the-prop-8-ruling/feed/ danah boyd on social networks+gender on tHGS: Everything I Need to Know About the Web I Learned From Feminism http://subvert.com/2009/05/24/danah-boyd-on-social-networksgender-on-thgs-everything-i-need-to-know-about-the-web-i-learned-from-feminism/ http://subvert.com/2009/05/24/danah-boyd-on-social-networksgender-on-thgs-everything-i-need-to-know-about-the-web-i-learned-from-feminism/#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 22:36:37 +0000 Heather Gold http://subvert.com/2009/05/24/danah-boyd-on-social-networksgender-on-thgs-everything-i-need-to-know-about-the-web-i-learned-from-feminism/ <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=6f5901d610&photo_id=3367979079&flickr_show_info_box=true"></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"></param> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=6f5901d610&photo_id=3367979079&flickr_show_info_box=true" height="480" width="640"></embed></object> thanks to George Kelly for recording and posting and to danah for rocking Posted via web from heathergold's posterous ]]>

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I'm trying to learn. Might as well watch the best. There are moments in this in which he looks like an amphibian.

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I'm trying to learn. Might as well watch the best. There are moments in this in which he looks like an amphibian.

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A chick confronts her worst fears. Co-starring cupcakes and mystical twitter advice.

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A chick confronts her worst fears. Co-starring cupcakes and mystical twitter advice.


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